MARK Ring is returning to the Arms Park, with Cardiff RFC having drafted him in to breath fresh impetus into the Welsh Premiership side.

MARK Ring is returning to the Arms Park, with Cardiff RFC having drafted him in to breath fresh impetus into the Welsh Premiership side.

The former Wales fly-half, who made his name as a dazzling maverick playmaker with the old Cardiff club side in the 1980s, is going back to his roots to take charge of the club’s backs and attacking strategy.

He will work underneath director of rugby Martyn Fowler, but it seems clear that the Arms Park hierarchy see Ring as the man to fire up their season and restore them to being one of the leading lights in the semi-professional tier.

Ring has told Cross Keys, who he helped guide to the Swalec Cup and final of the British and Irish Cup last season, that he is leaving them to take up the challenge with Cardiff.

What pathway, if any, there will be for Ring to progress to the Blues is unclear.

But Blues chairman Peter Thomas and chief executive Richard Holland, who oversaw Ring’s capture, clearly regard the work he has done with Keys highly.

Blues director of rugby Phil Davies is also known to rate Ring and will get the opportunity to reshuffle his backroom staff come the summer.